SCIENCE

Solar Impulse 2, a Swiss solar-powered aircraft, has successfully carried out its first flight.

Best photos of the day: 3 June 2014.

Brazilian armadillo is listed as an endangered species.

Mega-Earth discovered 560 light years away with lava world and 45-day orbit.

Final assembly complete on Nasa's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator project

Church of England want burial grounds near HS2 protected.

Can't afford the latest supercar? Why not build your own?

Met Office predicts British summers to have more periods of intense rain due to global warming.

Series of LA quakes could be sign that 'The Big One' is on the way

Swedish artist Mikael Genberg has backing from US technology company and Nasa affiliate Astrobotic.

Positive effects of being bilingual occur even if someone learns a new language during adulthood

Ancient volcanic eruptions in Australia covered two million sq/km in lava.

A minuscule device will provide 3D images of foetus while still in womb, and act as automated robot hand.

Fossils and bones of long-extinct creatures at Natural History Museum broken by cleaners and visitors.

Star Trek-inspired technology could become a reality, say excited Dundee researchers.

Nasa's solar observation satellite has observed a coronal mass ejection, or CME, surging off side of sun.

Fur seal that attacked man on seaside walkway may have felt territory being threatened.

Mount Sangeang in Indonesia erupts, spewing thick clouds of ash into atmosphere.

Researchers are now calling for an urgent hunting programme to wipe out the toads.

The technology cools vaccines without using electricity which could be used in developing countries

A tiny fossil of a marine creature thought to have been extinct has been found alive in New Zealand waters.

Duke University scientists say between 100 and 1,000 species per million go extinct every year.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk unveils the Dragon V2, designed to ferry up to seven astronauts into space.

Dutch researchers from Delft University of Technology have teleported quantum data for the first time.

Best photos of the day: 30 May 2014.

Nasa's Cassini mission examines atmospheres of exoplanets using Saturn's moon Titan.

The fake report suggesting that a Manhattan-sized asteroid would destroy the earth has been declared a hoax by NASA.

A fossilised tooth of crocodile relative Dakosaurus maximus was found near Chesil Beach in Dorset.

The first pollinating bird was 47 million years old and has been found fossilised in Germany.